Hey guys, new to the forum so I apologise as you probably answer this question several times a day. My MSI GeForce GTX 780 went faulty about 2 weeks after getting it. Luckily the warranty was still good! However now that I'll be getting a refund I'm really unsure of what kind of card to get that's equal to or better in the £200-£300 range. If there's any other information you need please let me know. I am seriously new to all this hardware intensive stuff.
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Graphics card replacment suggestions?
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Hi and welcome to the forums.
For £300.00 the NVIDIA card that replaced the 780 is the gtx 970. Slightly faster and runs a bit cooler, 4gb of vram vs 3gb on the 780. Should you wish to consider a change to AMD, their card in that bracket is the 390.
For £300.00 the NVIDIA card that replaced the 780 is the gtx 970. Slightly faster and runs a bit cooler, 4gb of vram vs 3gb on the 780. Should you wish to consider a change to AMD, their card in that bracket is the 390.
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Which reviews and are you sure it was not regarding crossfire (aka multi-gpu)? For single gpu the driver is fine.
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Never really had any problem with a single GPU card...most of the driver criticism tend to be crossfire support related.
Driver wise there ain'treally much in it between AMD and Nvidia for single GPU...though the recent Nvidia driver seem to be cause stuttering issue in some games such GTA V etc for the 900 series cards...not too sure if it also affect other older series card or not.
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AMD can drag their heels when there is issues and Nvidia are generally quicker if there is driver issues and with Nvidia, you get to use all the GameWorks effects, whereas AMD are somewhat limited in this and only have a select few.
Just user reviews on store pages. You may be right though, I don't quite remember if they specified if it was used in a multi GPU setup.
I just noticed a post from someone in the same position as me asking about drivers, so I guess this is a common misconception. Tough choice!
Would installing an AMD card just require clearing all Nvidia drivers or is there more to it?
Problem with user reviews is there are a lot of fan boys when it comes to graphics cards. If you look closely you can see if someone is trying to be objective or not. So many people seem to go out of their way to push their subjective views, so you need to be mindful of this.
For me neither side is perfect. Look at how the cards perform in the games you like to play. Look at the cost of the card and how much value it offers. Decide if anything unique offered has any value to you etc. Then ultimately choose what makes you happy.
I personally do a full format when changing from AMD to Nvidia or vice versa. But there is a program out there, forgot it's name, that is meant to remove everything. DDU or something it is called. I personally never use it. Better of doing a quick format.